If my child appears to have made a complete recovery from acute HUS, does that mean there will never be any future kidney problems?
The usual measure of full recovery following HUS is a normal GFR. According to some studies, the presence of a normal GFR following acute HUS does not guarantee long-term kidney health, although the data is far from conclusive. For example, in four studies of patients who apparently completely recovered after acute illness, anywhere from 8% to 61% went on to develop a lower-than-normal GFR, hypertension or proteinuria during long-term follow-up. Other studies, however, seem to indicate that full recovery following acute HUS means there will be no future complications. These studies are limited by follow-up times of five years or less which means that the full extent of future problems requires further study.
